Strange transom holes...
 

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...rangeholes.jpg


If you look at the transom just above the sharpest point of the vee
bottom, you'll see what looks like a pair of round chrome or stainless
drains.

They're surely below the waterline, so I'm wondering what they drain.
Not the hull under the deck, because if you look closely, you'll see the
usual bronze drain plug at the vee.

Strange transom holes...
 

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:45:40 -0400, HK wrote:

If you look at the transom just above the sharpest point of the vee
bottom, you'll see what looks like a pair of round chrome or stainless
drains.

They're surely below the waterline, so I'm wondering what they drain.
Not the hull under the deck, because if you look closely, you'll see the
usual bronze drain plug at the vee.

Probably drains the engine well when running on plane unless it is
possibly a live well drain.

Strange transom holes...
 

Maybe for a recirculating live well.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:45:40 -0400, HK wrote:

If you look at the transom just above the sharpest point of the vee
bottom, you'll see what looks like a pair of round chrome or stainless
drains.

They're surely below the waterline, so I'm wondering what they drain.
Not the hull under the deck, because if you look closely, you'll see the
usual bronze drain plug at the vee.

Probably drains the engine well when running on plane unless it is
possibly a live well drain.

Strange transom holes...
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:45:40 -0400, HK wrote:

If you look at the transom just above the sharpest point of the vee
bottom, you'll see what looks like a pair of round chrome or stainless
drains.

They're surely below the waterline, so I'm wondering what they drain.
Not the hull under the deck, because if you look closely, you'll see the
usual bronze drain plug at the vee.

Probably drains the engine well when running on plane unless it is
possibly a live well drain.


No, it isn't an engine well drain. You can one of those higher on the
transom. Probably one on the other side, too. I thought they might drain
a livewell, too, but they are *below* the waterline. I don't know if
this particular boat even has a livewell. Most of the boats I've seen
with in-deck livewells have pumps to empty them, and the outlet is above
the waterline so you can be sure the pump is working.

Oh well.

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Froggie wrote:
Maybe for a recirculating live well.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:45:40 -0400, HK wrote:

If you look at the transom just above the sharpest point of the vee
bottom, you'll see what looks like a pair of round chrome or stainless
drains.

They're surely below the waterline, so I'm wondering what they drain.
Not the hull under the deck, because if you look closely, you'll see the
usual bronze drain plug at the vee.
Probably drains the engine well when running on plane unless it is
possibly a live well drain.




I dunno. Most recirculating livewells I have seen on small boats (like
all the small boats I have owned) have a bronze inlet in the bottom of
the hull and an overflow that pumps out above the waterline, again, so
you know the overflow is working.

It's just an oddity. I'm sure there is some explanation that makes sense.

Strange transom holes...
 

Hmmm. Through hulls are usually white nylon above the waterline and
bronze below. Chrome Zamak? Don't think so. Not on my boat, anyway.
JR

HK wrote:


http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...rangeholes.jpg


If you look at the transom just above the sharpest point of the vee
bottom, you'll see what looks like a pair of round chrome or stainless
drains.

They're surely below the waterline, so I'm wondering what they drain.
Not the hull under the deck, because if you look closely, you'll see the
usual bronze drain plug at the vee.



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Oops- no coffee yet. I suppose they are SS.
JR

JR North wrote:

Hmmm. Through hulls are usually white nylon above the waterline and
bronze below. Chrome Zamak? Don't think so. Not on my boat, anyway.
JR

HK wrote:



http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...rangeholes.jpg


If you look at the transom just above the sharpest point of the vee
bottom, you'll see what looks like a pair of round chrome or stainless
drains.

They're surely below the waterline, so I'm wondering what they drain.
Not the hull under the deck, because if you look closely, you'll see
the usual bronze drain plug at the vee.





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Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth

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JR North wrote:
Hmmm. Through hulls are usually white nylon above the waterline and
bronze below. Chrome Zamak? Don't think so. Not on my boat, anyway.
JR

HK wrote:


http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...rangeholes.jpg


If you look at the transom just above the sharpest point of the vee
bottom, you'll see what looks like a pair of round chrome or stainless
drains.

They're surely below the waterline, so I'm wondering what they drain.
Not the hull under the deck, because if you look closely, you'll see
the usual bronze drain plug at the vee.





Some boats have stainless steel through hulls above the waterline.

Here's a photo of the stern on my Parker. The plug at the vee of the
bottom is bronze, as almost all of them are. The round through hull
below the scupper is stainless and well above the waterline. It is the
drain for the livewell. There's a similar stainless round through hull
on the port side that serves as the drain hole for the bilge pump. The
fuel tank vent on the side of the hull amidships is some sort of
plastic, but that will be replaced this fall with a stainless vent.

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Scott Sexton wrote:
In article , psyrt33859
@mypacks.net says...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...rangeholes.jpg


If you look at the transom just above the sharpest point of the vee
bottom, you'll see what looks like a pair of round chrome or stainless
drains.

They're surely below the waterline, so I'm wondering what they drain.
Not the hull under the deck, because if you look closely, you'll see the
usual bronze drain plug at the vee.


On my boat those are for the live bait well and bilge. The drain plug
stays in the bilge hole on the starboard side, we keep the plug inside
the live bait well when not in use.

I remove these plugs when I get it out of the h20 to drain whatever has
accumulated.

Scott


Is that a model of boat similar to yours? Are they below or above the
waterline? The two drains on the boat whose photo I posted look as if
they are below the waterline. But maybe they are not.

They seem kinda high for a bilge drain...

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On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:45:40 -0400, HK wrote:



http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...rangeholes.jpg


If you look at the transom just above the sharpest point of the vee
bottom, you'll see what looks like a pair of round chrome or stainless
drains.

They're surely below the waterline, so I'm wondering what they drain.
Not the hull under the deck, because if you look closely, you'll see the
usual bronze drain plug at the vee.

Live well recirculation.

Have the same thing on my Ranger.